Reiko Kujo

Reiko Kujo
Profile
Japanese name:	九条 玲子 (Kujō Reiko)
Age:	33
Gender:	Female
Occupation:	Prosecutor
Nicknames:	Madonna of Prosecutors
Statistics
First appearance:	Anime: Episode 264
Appearances:	Episodes: 7
Actors
Japanese voice:	Rica Matsumoto

Reiko Kujo (九条 玲子 ,Kujō Reiko) is a character in the anime franchise Detective Conan.

Background

Reiko Kujo is Eri Kisaki's rival in those courtroom battles where the two meet on opposing sides. She has gathered a reputation as a successful female prosecutor at the Tokyo District Court and, as a result of such, the nickname "Madonna of Prosecutors".

She begins her legal activity in the S.I.D. (Special Investigation Department), with Takeshi Nezu as her boss. Five years ago, her boss was the primary prosecutor in a case which started as an investigation into the Takeuchi Construction Company scandal, over some defective townhouse construction work, but they began to suspect it involved bribery on a political level and joined forces. But then the key deponent of their case, the construction design office's manager, who was actually Hiroaki Takeuchi's boss, committed suicide and turned the case into a maze. They could have resolved the case on his testimony, but he suddenly changed his story entirely, which caused her to have no choice but to cease the prosecution. And then, Hiroaki married into Takeuchi Construction and became a key figure in the company. Her boss ended up being reassigned elsewhere, in Tottori, with his wife Kayoko, where he died two years later, at the beginning of December.

Kujo first met Kisaki when the latter took up the defense of Shinji Usami, who was being accused of the murder of Hirasawa Tsuyoshi, who slew Usami's young son Masaki by thoughtlessness. She became determined to beat Kisaki's winning streak and thus further her reputation by defeating the one defender who had never lost a case. However, it turned out that while Usami was involved in the crime in question, he was actually providing a cover for the true culprit, his ex-wife Masako Kameda, who was subsequently exposed and arrested.

Despite this defeat, Kujo vowed to humble Kisaki whenever a chance would present itself. However, she was always foiled by Conan's brilliance as a detective. In addition, a useful side effect of the confrontations between Kujo and Kisaki was that the latter's separated husband, Kogoro Mouri, would prepare to jump to his wife's defense in whatever way he could, even to the point of testifying as a witness in court.

Unlike Ran, Conan has heard so much about her before their meeting in person. She should note that Conan has a keen sense of observation, telling him it during a check out on the crime scene for their next trial. But as always, Kogoro contradicts her, because for his ignorance all he observed were useless things.

Personality

Kujo is rather rash and eager to proclaim a defendant's guilt even with scant evidence at hand; whether this stems from her personal drive to defeat Kisaki or from her profession is as yet unrevealed. Whenever a case brings them together as opponents in the courtroom, Eri Kisaki and Reiko Kujo deal with each other on a strictly professional basis despite their intense rivalry. Each of them respects the other for her skills, however, and whenever a case turns against her, Kujo is fair enough to accept defeat and bring the true culprit to justice.

Kujo has a habit of twirling her pen around her finger when tense or in thought. She lives alone and, during her break, trains in a sport center with a tapis roulant.

Appellations

Picture	Name	What they call Kujo	What Kujo calls them
	Eri Kisaki	Prosecutor Kujo (Kujo-kenji)	Kisaki-sensei Attorney Kisaki (Kisaki-bengoshi)
	Midori Kuriyama	Prosecutor Kujo (Kujo-kenji)	-
	Sasaki	-	Sasaki-kun

Picture	Name	What they call Kujo	What Kujo calls them
	Conan Edogawa	Prosecutor Kujo (Kujo-kenji)	Conan-kun
	Kogoro Mouri	Madonna	Great detective (Meitantei)

Plot overview

Courtroom Confrontation III: Prosecutor as Eyewitness (Anime: 489)

She is the prosecutor against Hiroaki Takeuchi, who had been accused of Hit and Run incident with the death of a biker, Yasuyuki Matsukawa. However, the evidence suggests it was his wife, Mariko Takeuchi, who has committed the crime. Hiroaki calls her, telling to meet him, and he will tell her the truth. Accompanied by Mariko, she visits Hiroaki and sees him fall off his apartment balcony to his death.

Believing her questioning motivated his suicide, she quits her job as a prosecutor. But she learns from Eri the possibility it was a murder made to look like a suicide by Mariko. During the hearing, Conan tranquilizes Kogoro and, with supporting evidence, reveals Mariko to be the cause of the Hit and Run and that she murdered Hiroaki.

Due to this case, she has been given a six-month salary deduction as punishment and is on technical leave for a month, and Eri was grilled by the higher-ups as well. But, it looks like it's a good break for her. She hasn't been on vacation for a while now, then takes it nice and slow, having a safe trip and forgetting about the case. She's heading to Tottori. Her former boss's third anniversary memorial is coming up, so she plans to visit his grave. She's back to her old self.

Relationships

Sasaki

Sasaki is her secretary and then the substitute prosecutor. It's very clear that he loves her, but it's still unknown if she reciprocates him.

Different looks

Reiko's "Before" Appearance (episode 264).

Reiko's "Before" Appearance (episode 297).

Reiko's "Middle" Appearance (episode 489).

Reiko's "After" Appearance (episode 606).

In other languages

Language	Given Name	Family Name
Arabic	ريكو Riko	كواجو Kawajo
Bahasa Indonesia	Reiko	Kujo
German	Reiko	Kujo
Italian	Reiko	Kujo
Japanese	玲子 Reiko	九条 Kujō
Korean	영주 Young Joo	서 Seo
Thai	เรโกะ	คุโจ

Trivia

Kurara Midorikawa

• Reiko Kujo is a character exclusive to the anime TV series and has no appearance in the manga series. She is also the 2nd, anime-only character to make repeated appearances in the show, the first being Officer Tome of the CSI.
• Kujo's character design minorly changes for episode 489 (no lipstick and slight hair alterations). However, in subsequent episodes her original appearance has been restored.
• Kurara Midorikawa, a 28 years old actress in The Broken Horoscope and a poster in Coffee Aroma with Murderous Intention (Part 2), has her same character design.

See also

• List of minor recurring anime characters